Building a greenhouse in your backyard is a good idea. There are many benefits to having one in your backyard. With a greenhouse in your backyard...
Even for people who are familiar with gardening, growing orchids can pose a unique challenge. These flowers tend to have a reputation for being finicky or...
“I wish I had more space for plants,” is a complaint I hear countless friends who live in apartments. Their gardening seems limited to windowsills. They...
We live in an area where Paper Birch trees grow, in fact the neighboring yard has one of the most beautiful specimens that I have ever...
All gardeners, including the most meticulous hobbyist gardener, eventually finds themselves battling a pest insect or pathogenic fungus. Fewer things are as disheartening as watching your...
It’s the early 1950’s and we are in the greenhouse laboratories of Michigan State University’s Department of Horticulture. Enter Dr. H.B. Tuckey, head of the department,...
Mokara orchids are inter-generic hybrids of arachnis X ascocentrum X vanda which have a large number of colors compared to other orchids. Mokara is probably the...
A new approach to plant disease control is really a ‘rediscovered’ approach known as biofungicide. This is a method of attacking plant infection through the use...
Phosphorus (P) is an essential major plant nutrient element, although among the other major elements, nitrogen (N), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg) and sulfur (S),...